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...students are taking executive-education and continuing-education classes on university campuses, a growing number are studying far away from any grove of academe. Some are learning from videotapes, while others watch satellite lectures. But these methods of distribution are rapidly being overtaken by distance learning via the World Wide Web. Armed with a personal computer, a moderately fast modem, an Internet service provider and a Web browser, students can quickly gain access to all kinds of course material whenever they want. There are about 1,200 degree and certificate distance-learning programs available from about 900 accredited colleges, observes...
Could this be the face of 21st century capitalism? You'd better believe it. Two years ago, conventional wisdom still derided the World Wide Web as an amusing toy with little practical application. No more. With striking speed, the business that Yahoo (or, as the company formally calls itself, Yahoo!) has been pioneering has grown into nothing less than a new economic order, a Net Economy! whose exclamation point came last week, when shares of Yahoo surged to more than $200 (closing at $181 on Friday), making billionaires of two young men who just a generation ago would only...
...Yang and Filo, it's been a strange ride. Filo, a shy, laconic man who radiates intense smarts, remembers when he could visit every site on the World Wide Web in a couple of hours. That was in early '94, when the Web was young, and Jerry, his more outgoing partner, used to record the best websites on his computer for fun. The two shared offices in a trailer at Stanford University that was big enough for a desk and a computer for each of the graduate students...
Williams: I think it's important for those high school students to be exposed to a collegiate dramatic experience. High schools have a wide range of quality in their dramatic programs. HRST provides a venue for the secondary school student to see a college-level production and even to get involved in that production...
With the goal of cutting the cost of building jetliners 25%, Boeing began by designing its wide-bodied 777 (rolled out in 1996) entirely by computer, eliminating countless drawings and mockups. The company also narrowed parts choices to standard options, much as carmakers offer automatic or manual transmissions, or six-cylinder or eight-cylinder engines. And Boeing has been consulting everyone from marketers to machinists on the making of its planes...